Course Summary

Take Nutritional Science for Teachers to earn 3 college credits to apply toward your licensure renewal requirements. Learn with fun and engaging science video lessons that you can watch around your teaching schedule.

How It Works

Earn professional development credits to renew your science teaching license with Nutritional Science for Teachers. Brush up on nutritional science topics so you can better teach health, biology, and other life sciences. Learn on your own schedule and at your own pace. You can complete this course in under two weeks - perfect for teachers who need to earn science credits in a hurry!

Watch engaging video lessons about nutrients and digestion.

Check your knowledge of things like healthy diet planning and biochemistry with practice quizzes and exams.

Ask clarification questions from our expert science instructors.

Earn 3 college credits by taking the UExcel Nutritional Science exam.

Always check with your school district or state Department of Education to ensure that the course credits will be accepted before beginning the course. UExcel credits are accepted by over 2,000 schools and directly by many state departments of education.

Who's It For?

Nutritional Science for Teachers is ideal for any teachers looking to earn credits to use toward licensure renewal. The flexible, self-paced format makes it easy to fit your studies into a busy schedule. The course is fully online, so you can study anytime, anywhere. This course also benefits:

Health science and biology teachers who want to brush up on nutritional science

Teachers who want to incorporate engaging nutritional science videos into their instruction

Teachers planning a nutritional science unit or course

Aspiring science teachers

Why It Works

Fun and Engaging: Animations and interesting examples make nutritional science easy to learn.

Expert Instructors: Expert science instructors break difficult concepts down so they are easy to remember.

Quick and Flexible: Learn on your own schedule and on any device. You could earn science credits in less than two weeks.

Other Benefits

Access our full library of professional development courses for teachers, including Physical Science for Teachers, Pathophysiology for Teachers, and Microbiology for Teachers.

Find 10,000 engaging lessons that you can use in your classroom or assign out to students.

Watch more lessons in nutritional science as well as chemistry, physics, biology, and other science topics.

Earn transferable college credit for dozens of courses.

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Course Plan for Earning Credit in Less Than Two Weeks

Follow this course plan if you want to complete Nutritional Science for Teachers and be ready to earn transferable credit in less than two weeks. For each chapter assignment, take all of the lesson quizzes and the practice chapter exam at the end of each chapter. If you miss any questions, review the video lesson to master the concept.

Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Digestion (the upper and lower gastrointestinal tracts, anatomy and physiology of the stomach, role of the gallbladder and liver in digestion, movement through the small intestine)

Earning College Credit

Did you know… We have over 200 college courses that prepare you to earn
credit by exam that is accepted by over 1,500 colleges and universities. You can test out of the first two years of college and save
thousands off your degree. Anyone can earn credit-by-exam regardless of age or education level.

Check your knowledge of this course with a 50-question practice test. Once you take the test, you will receive
a detailed exam report complete with your personal statistics and even specific lessons to focus on!
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